Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 176, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1914 — Ancient Game of “Snipe” Hunting is Revived [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Ancient Game of “Snipe” Hunting is Revived

NEW YORK.—The ancient and honorable game of “snipe hunting” has been revived and in this enlightened vicinity, too. The revlvee is Jack Ehrler, a bookkeeper at the Guardian Savings and Trust company, Lest there be

some folk who are not acquainted with tho> delights and joys of “snipe huhting” we will elucidate. For hunt* Ing the wary snipe, a dark night Is selected. The hunters repair to a dense woods. They circle through the woods and drive the snipe toward the center where one man stands ready to catch them in a bag. The sport comes when every one beats it for home, leaving the one man to hold the bag until he comes to. Jack was visiting on a farm near

Hudson recently and some one proposed that the bunch go snipe hunting Jack grew quite over its possibilities and quite selfishly declared that he would hold the bag. He just would not allow any one else to do it ' And the more unselfish members of the party let him. have his way. The bag was placed in the depth of the woods with logs placed alongside to form a runway, so the snipe could not miss the bag in the dark. You know snipe cannot see well at night He was armed with a lantern to attract the snipe;. About 2 a.m. Mr. Ehrler arrived home, after having become lost in the woods, chased by dogs and irate fanners whom he awoke to find out where he was. Be would not have this story become known at the bank for anythin* • - , ■ —■ - - * *